Sonographic visualization and ultrasound-guided block of the third occipital nerve: Prospective for a new method to diagnose C2-C3 zygapohysial joint pain

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-308

  Eichenberger, Urs ^a   Greher, Manfred ^b   Kapral, Stephan ^b   Marhofer, Peter ^b   Wiest, Roland ^a   Remonda, Luca ^a   Bogduk, Nikolai ^c   Curatolo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENSITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEST; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VOLUNTEER; ARTHRALGIA; HISTOLOGY; SPINAL NERVE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHRALGIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL NERVES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33644955983     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200602000-00016     Document Type: Article

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